As a lifetime premium member, I was surprised to see today that I can no longer start games with over 16 players? My school has been establishing a long tradition of Neptune’s pride, and we have a large enough following of local players that we have established regular 24 player games for almost a year straight. Now, I can no longer start these games for my school… Is there any chance it could be reestablished?

Maybe you know a way I could reconfigure the game rules despite there not being a >16 player option

It’s possible there’s a way around the changes to maximum player count, I’ve not tested it, but I’d much rather the change comes from @JayKyburz. Maybe a maximum star count would be a better restriction. Jay’s not yet commented on why the change to custom games was made, I assume it’s because there are performance issues with really large games.

Thanks Jay, I replied to your email. May I suggest re-adding the 24/32 player options, and instead providing a “Very Tiny” star count setting with 5 or 6 stars per player? Nobody wants a 200+ star map anyway in this small pocket of New York players that love NP

I play Neptune’s Pride because I want to. The latest, unhappy changes keep devaluing the investment in RL$ that I have put into this game… reassignment of the Conqueror badge will tick off, rightly, the 64p holders … and restrictions to creating a 16p game cap is indefensible…

I love this game, but after spending $211 over 5 years and being on the end of summary changes I have no input to is getting me fed up…